Dell Perc 5i User Guide

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Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI 5/iRIntegrated and Adapter
User’s Guide
Model UCS-51
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Dell™ Serial-Attached SCSI 5/iRIntegrated and Adapter
User’s Guide
YD912bk1.book  Page 1  Mond ay, April 2, 2007  4:39 PM 

Notes, Notices, and Cautions
 NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make  better use of your computer.
 
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential da mage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
 
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for propert y damage, personal injury, or death.
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Contents3
Contents
CAUTION: Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
SAFETY: General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
SAFETY: When Working Inside Your System
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SAFETY: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
About RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

4Contents
Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   22
Creating a Driver Diskette
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Installing the Driver
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Installing the Drive r Using an Update RPM
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Installing the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Driver
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   24
Installing the Drive r Using an Update RPM
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Contents5
6 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
BIOS Boot Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   35
General Problems
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Physical Disk Related Issues
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Configuration Utility Error Messages
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BIOS Error Messages
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6Contents
CE Notice (European Union). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   49
European Union, Class B
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Corporate Contact De tails (Taiwan Only)
 . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .   55
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  59
Index
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Safety Instructions7
 CAUTION: Safety Instructions
Use the following safety guidelines to help ensure your own personal safety and to help protect your system and working 
environment from potential damage.
 NOTE: See the safety and cauti on statements in your Product Information Guide  that came with your 
Dell™ PowerEdge™ system or  Dell Precision™ workstation.
SAFETY: General
 Observe and follow service markings. Do no t service any product except as explained in your user documentation. Opening 
or...

8Safety Instructions
In addition, take note of these safety guidelines when appropriate:
 When you disconnect a cable, pull on its conn ector or on its strain-relief loop, not on the cable itself. Some cables have a 
connector with locking tabs; if you are disconnecting this type of  cable, press in on the locking tabs before disconnecting the 
cable. As you pull connectors apart, keep them evenly aligned to  avoid bending any connector pins. Also, before you connect 
a cable, make sure that both...